Rural and urban older adults' perspectives of strength in their daily lives

Applied Nursing Research

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 10-16

  Rush, Kathy L ^a   Watts, Wilda E ^b   Janke, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aged; Focus groups; Muscle strength; Qualitative research; Rural

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84872504132     PISSN: 08971897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apnr.2012.07.001     Document Type: Article

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